Guillow's CESSNA 150 rubber powered flying model

[@c150gpilot]

Lifelong modeler here, now a 150 owner pilot -- passed 1,000 hours last year. 1967 Cessna 150 G. Your model looks like mine! Beautiful work!

[@WeightlossjourneyAT44]

I had a lot of fun building these with my dad when I was kid. Quality time I can't never get back miss you dad. Thank you bringing back a childhood memories

[@danielkranissr8805]

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[@Superf103]

Me to. This is my first model.

[@rocketboy917]

I still do rubber free flight myself. That is beautiful work and the flight was awesome. You are very well experienced.

[@jonjepson3650]

I wish I could have one more day with my Dad. I've got so much to tell him but he has gone. Love your dad while you can 👍

[@mikemoore9757]

I built several of those Guillows models when I was young, but none were as well built as yours. very nice!

[@kenbtheman]

Nice job on that. Flies nice as well. I've been building stick and tissue for over 50 years now. I still build them, very slowly, but they just hang from the ceiling now. Haven't flown one in over 20 years.

[@pctrashtalk2069]

I used to build them. They were fragile so they didn't last long. I put a Cox .010 on one once. It went in circles and ended up in a ditch full of water.

[@FAA-DPE]

I'm going online right now to see if I can get my hands on one of these kits! You set the bar high on the covering and build. Will take all my building experience just to come close. Thanks for posting great content!

[@miked1765]

Ripcord I think that Hobby Lobby might still carry these.

[@BurningtunaDC]

You did a beautiful job on the build. Thanks for shooting and sharing.

[@wilfredomendez3450]

Beautiful indeed

[@mh53eflyguy]

Wow, that is one of the best flights that I have ever seen of a Guillow's model! They usually over engineer them and in my experience were poor performers, but fun to build and the look aesthetically pleasing. Well done!

[@lrg3834]

Beautiful build execution of Guillow's Cessna 150. Even cockpit instrumentation! I love it. Take a bow.

[@JB73691]

A blast from the past.From rubber power to U control to Radio control.

[@richsherman3673]

I spent my years between 9 and 14 building Planes and doing the same. It was always a thrill to see the planes fly at random.

[@richschindler8731]

Impressive. I’ve never seen one fly this nice, great job!!!

[@kevinquig5654]

Loved building these as a kid. Didn't look or fly like yours, but still a blast. I'm going to convert one to RC but you still can't beat the wonder of free flight. Thanks for this and great job!

[@christophermacbrian3380]

Excellent build! I really like the way you made the custom cowl

[@ADAPTATION7]

It flies amazingly well.

[@TXGRunner]

I am extremely impressed. I’ve build scores of Guillows kits, balanced them, and made them very light, but none ever flew well at all. A big part is I mostly made fighters which were inherently dynamically unstable designs with horrible glide ratios, whereas the Cessna is about as stable a design as could exist. The best I did was with the WW I biplanes which glided well. I could launch them from my grandma’s roof, and they’d glide straight in a very shallow dive about 50’. Very, very impressive.

[@nobertkazingizi9878]

My favorite model. What a combination, Cessna and rubber power. WOW!

[@elebeu]

The music along with the video remind me of a Mister Rogers field trip.

[@bveracka]

I built this kit back around 2001-2002, and it was one of the best scale rubber powered planes I ever built. As far as the best flyer of all though, I'd have to give that title to The Javelin - which is easy to build too. Great job on this one! 👍

[@tomshiba51]

Your model looks like the real thing, flies like the real thing, and landed without a tumble. You've done very well.

[@bobgreen3116]

Wow. What a awesome plane. Great job. That has got to be the best looking and flying rubber model I have ever seen. I can never get my rubber powered models to fly for more than like 30 seconds. Again great job!!👍👍

[@robertwalker3087]

Loved it. It seemed to turn as if radio controlled. Also quite accurate to the real thing.

[@bveracka]

Nowadays there are electronics that can actually fit inside these little planes - enough for a motor, elevator, rudder, probably even ailerons! But yes this is definitely a free flight. Really well-built too!

[@MyVideoDiary7]

Very well built, I know this takes time and skill to build it right. A great work!

[@upsidedowndog1256]

Nice job. I am an aircraft mechanic and have never successfully built and flew one of these kits. My attempt at a 180 ended up smashed on my privacy fence!

[@stylinstu]

Thanks for posting the video. Loved seeing the build sequence. The flights are inspiring. Keep us posted on your next projects.

[@mjproebstle]

great build and fantastic trimmed flight! very nice :)

[@samhandwich3965]

Beautiful flight!!! Master build! I personally don't like the Cessna, but then again I have never been able to get any to fly, so keep on building!

[@tomcat1226]

I’m currently building this model, wondering if you can share how you built the model for the nose cowl to come off and on? The directions only say to use plastic cement to attach the cowl on. Thanks!

[@n4120p]

The classic beauty of simplicity and finesse at the same time

[@William3DP]

What a beautiful build! Thank you so much for sharing this with us.

[@larsjonasson1442]

Great video and great audio, thank you!

[@JaleelJohanson62]

I believe I had this exact kit in the same styled box when I was a kid in the 1970's! I attempted to build the plane, but didn't have the know-how and gave up. Thank you so much for allowing me to see the dream I was unable to realize back then!

[@billducas]

Great job. I could never build a stick and tissue model that nice. But I'm still trying.

[@Christian-moviesCoUk]

Great job, beautiful build and flight!

[@rcfred_689]

Nice job and great flying airplane -- reminds me of simpler times!

[@TheTeufelhunden68]

Nice build. Beautiful bird. Graceful flight. Well done.

[@bushmangreg]

Very nice plane! I was wondering how you achieved the nice white finish on the tissue paper??

[@101boertjie]

A very nicely done aircraft. The finish is really top-notch and the flights were impressive.

[@stormhansen1499]

Well done both building and flying it! A pleasure to watch!

[@keithlucas6260]

I've got one of these I started building almost two years ago, with the intent of building it into micro RC control, it's almost done except for covering. I haven't decided on tissue and hand laid dope, or the new iron on stuff. My first was a Storch I built 46 years ago, and put a Cox peewee in her.

[@TheTeufelhunden68]

Great build, cute little bird and good taste in music. All make for an excellent video.

[@chucklamont9778]

Absolutely sweet.....Nice build, flew just like it was supposed to...

[@rev.andyh.1082]

Similar to the range you get from an actual Cessna 150.

[@pauldottore7079]

Yes lol!

[@Bazanadu]

It's videos like this that draw me to free flight models. It just looks right. Especially scale models. Rc never looks right, unless the models are huge. It also covers up for poor building. The building of free flight models is part artistry, part science, part skill. You create something with your own hands but let it fly on its own.

[@tallandhandsome29]

Nice job. Took me right back. Thanks for sharing!

[@chasein7019]

I like the Peanuts Schroeder piano

[@davidmcfarling8692]

Excellent craftsmanship and detail. I want the larger SE5a for a ceiling hanger in my shop. Hope I can do any near as good a job!

[@TheRealCreepinogie]

I built probably dozens of them when I was a kid. I never built the Cessna 150 but I did build the OE Bird Dog which looked (and flew) very similar. Good memories.

[@johnjriggsarchery2457]

pretty plane. I haven't built one in so many years but watching this is inspiring. Thank you

[@michaelmaucher998]

Very nice build and it flies great!

[@mrratskins]

Great pro-quality customizing! I enjoyed this a lot.

[@A1n3dr5e1234567890]

What a beautiful construction !

[@Forty5Kimber]

That was awesome thanks for sharing.

[@curtismarean6963]

You did a great job! Nowadays, over here, you can get arrested for flying in a park along with a huge fine.

[@andrepeterlini646]

Perfect model. What kind of ink did you use to paint her.

[@calvinlong1265]

Wow! Nice model!

[@williammohler9493]

great build, what's your rubber band length and thickness

[@TheSynthZone]

Nicely done! Missed the trees too...

[@garyvallone5393]

Had a couple as a kid. never finished one

[@richardbrowne1217]

Beautiful build. Too bad they always fly away from you. Some times they never come back or be found again.

[@ScienceguyOrg]

Keith I used Microlite on my RC conversion and it pulled the stringers in on the fuselage. It flies good as RC except the cabin and wings were not strong enough and I ripped the wings off. It has been fixed.

[@keithlucas6260]

I took that into consideration, and have added a stronger wing spar, thanks for the heads up.

[@edwardhasiak7961]

Beautiful Plane,Build,and Flight.Watch out for them thermals.I lost many models to them,but they were hand launched gliders, and one rubber power P-30 class competition model on a low power test maiden flight.The last time i seen it flying over the St Clair river into Canada from Marine City Michigan! Did not light the dethermalizer.

[@Justwantahover]

+edward hasiak I made a scale size styro-foam butterfly glider that had paper thin wings. A lemon migrant butterfly, about 2'' wingspan, all yellow, done with a felt pen. I tried it out and it flew away on me (the first chuck). Like I let it go. lol

[@whirlybird3189]

A climbing left hand turn is how dad use to set them up.

[@antoniosandoval9497]

I congratulate you for the spectacular work you did on your Cessna 150, I ask you, how and with what kind of paint do you use to achieve that crisp finish?

[@grayngreen1]

Wonderful building and flights ...... a joy to watch :-)

[@nelf4830]

Beautiful video

[@resomony]

you must have built many models get to where you are now---well done!

[@leomartinmarquez1145]

Hello! What a great plane you built! Congrats! I'd love to try and make one myself. Do you think you could share a copy of the plan? Please let me know. Thanks so much in advance! :)

[@endwood]

Nice work there 👍

[@machia-mw1lm]

Fine model . Nice work .

[@creeps7468]

And do you have to use power tools?

[@K0S0s]

I don't understand how you make it so beautiful

[@Helliconia54]

beautiful job.

[@Edubarca46]

Fantastic!! What modifications you made to make a Guillow kit fly so well?

[@shortcut579]

flies very well

[@chrismiles3627]

Nice flight!

[@antoniosandoval9497]

Hello Friend: What a great job you have done with that Cessna, what paper you use and what paint you use to give that great finished to the model? Thank you for your advice.

[@cansaglam1174]

I wonder that, too. Great job!

[@akie64]

Fantastic, so well built and flys beautiful, well done!! ;))

[@tcsyme]

WarScribe, The tube is called a blast tube and is used to prevent tearing up the fuselage if the motor breaks while winding. A length of music wire with hooks on each end is used between the motor and winder to allow removing the tube once the motor is wound.

[@mickcarson8504]

Nice. Does the prop shaft have bearing? I used to build small (2-4 feet wingspan) gliders in my days back in late 70's for my then g/f two brothers so they understood aerodynamics and free flight. I still occasionally build models, planes, gliders, boats and yachts. Most are radio controlled, while others are just for display.

[@carlcrutchfield5094]

Love your video, I just got this model and I don't like the plastic nose cowl, how did you make your wood one. Thank You so much

[@ADITADDICTS]

Nice lookin bird.

[@machia0705]

Beautiful model.

[@JongAmPark]

Did you make the nose part of the fuselage for yourself? Mine had plastic part... is it different model?

[@MonacoBlast]

This is art.

[@tiagomaroclo1]

Congrats, my friend!! What a great job you did.

[@snipereliete]

I built alot of these kits.it's much better using your own wood.what did u cover it in?

[@MrUfojunkiedavid]

Where is the rubber band install?

[@friedchicken1]

It flies like a recent airplane

[@aeromodelisme45]

Très joli modèle, bien construit et qui vole vraiment bien Bravo !

[@adolforosado]

Good job!

[@svaughn8891]

Where is the park you are flying in?

[@avianarod]

this is F4A class FAI???

[@antoniosandoval9497]

Hello Friend: I congratulate you on the spectacular Cessna that I wielded and I want to ask you, what is the name of the paper with which you covered the plane and what kind of painting did you use to paint it and how did the "liner". best regards.

[@SIGMAMASTER799]

Idk

[@BYLB]

very nice video. thanks for sharing

[@gregmaggielipscomb9246]

Beautiful!

[@WarScribe82]

Wow, I love the way you wind the motor, do you have a website with info? What is the tube used for? How do you swap from winder to motor? Thank you in advance any helpful hints, I am new to the hobby

[@mirzawaseem2006]

The only problem with the rubber powered planes is " They don't come back"

[@Skyprince27]

@Waseem Baig They instinctively turn towards the top of the nearest tree that’s too tall to climb.

[@Ocean-Mariner]

Nice... well done

[@mrspook7393]

Do they crash like the full size Cessnas.. little death trap..

[@daviddopps3404]

Cessnas are the safest Private plane to fly

[@fordlane5323]

Nice job!